Hearts 2-0 Aberdeen: result and report
Premiership · Saturday 8 December 2012
Result
Hearts 2-0 Aberdeen
Premiership · Saturday 8 December 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Hearts 2-0 Aberdeen: match report
Hearts beat Aberdeen 2-0 in the Premiership on Saturday 8 December 2012. The half-time score was 1-0.
Ryan Stevenson opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Hearts's goals came from Ryan Stevenson (31', penalty) and Callum Paterson (54'). Aberdeen did not score.
Discipline: Hearts received no yellow cards; Aberdeen received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Hearts were 8th on 20 points from 16 and Aberdeen 3rd on 24 points from 16. Hearts went on to finish that season 9th with 44 points, and Aberdeen 7th with 48.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Hearts wins, 2 draws and 0 for Aberdeen.
Going into the match Hearts's last five read L-D-W-W-L and Aberdeen's L-W-L-W-L.
Key events
- 30'Yellow card · Josh Magennis
- 31'Penalty goal · Ryan Stevenson
- 45'Yellow card · Andy Considine
- 54'Goal · Callum Paterson
Head-to-head
Team news
Hearts line-up
Jamie MacDonald, Ryan McGowan, Andy Webster, Kevin McHattie, Ryan Stevenson, Mehdi Taouil, Andy Driver, Marius Zaliukas, Gordon Smith, Darren Barr, John Sutton
Aberdeen line-up
Jamie Langfield, Russell Anderson, Gavin Rae, Andy Considine, Mark Reynolds, Niall McGinn, Jonny Hayes, Joe Shaughnessy, Scott Vernon, Josh Magennis, Cammy Smith